Now saying genius or brilliant 'can alienate female students':
Cambridge academics are discouraged from using phrases with 'assumptions of gender inequality'
- It's feared terms like 'brilliant' or 'flair' will alienate female students
- The terms are said to 'carry assumptions of gender inequality' among women
- Reading lists are also being reassessed to include more female historians
- 31 per cent of female Cambridge history students gained firsts in 2015-16
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